Highlights from the Meaningful Vote Debate II – Day Three

Home Secretary Sajid Javid kicked off today’s debate…

Home Secretary @sajidjavid "I am clear that the deal on the table is the best option available for ensuring an orderly exit from the European Union, and the best option for delivering the Brexit that people voted for in the referendum." pic.twitter.com/0H5B0tHZq9

Mark Francois MP questions why the Withdrawal Agreement includes the backstop arrangement when the government has "pledged repeatedly" that it "wouldn't contemplate anything" that would put Northern Ireland in a different position to the rest of the UK. pic.twitter.com/FADiOIkXUF

And Sir Bernard Jenkin MP followed with his speech…

. @bernardjenkin "For some MPs now to complain that they did not intend to vote for what the Act provides for, is rather lame… The Government always said and still says, that 'no deal is better than a bad deal." pic.twitter.com/MLoJJnUC1w

Mark Francois says the political declaration is the equivalent to ‘I promise to respect you in the morning’

"[The political declaration] is the equivalent to 'I promise to respect you in the morning' but is in no way enforceable – in stark contrast to the withdrawal agreement… I am utterly determined to vote against it," says Mark Francois pic.twitter.com/QlvLn3cJSu

"Like all of us in this chamber, I love my country – and for me, that country is the United Kingdom. There are a number of reasons why I cannot support this agreement & one of those reasons is it threatens the integrity of the United Kingdom," says @amessd_southendpic.twitter.com/zoX0eR6TRm

Andrew Rosindell says our membership of the EU was ‘not to be’

"It cannot be denied that the British people have a fine instinct, we can see something when it's not right… we gave the European Union a chance… but it was not to be," says @AndrewRosindellpic.twitter.com/PbAvWlxcPm

Anne-Marie Trevelyan calls the Withdrawal Agreement ‘unacceptable’

"…the Withdrawal Agreement holds unacceptable risk… and being a global maritime trading nation for the last 400 years, we should bring that back as our focus as we become an independent country once again," says @annietrevpic.twitter.com/J91uEQ7eEO